Domaine de Marcoux - Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes 2019 (Pre-arrival) (750ml)
Price: $175.00
| Producer | Domaine de Marcoux |
| Country | France |
| Region | Rhone |
| Subregion | Chateauneuf du Pape |
| Varietal | Rhone Blend |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Sku | 1413259 |
| Size | 750ml |
Vinous: 97 Points
Saturated ruby. A heady impressively complex bouquet evokes ripe red fruits candied flowers garrigue and incense along with exotic spice and mineral notes that build with air. Utterly stains the palate with vibrant raspberry liqueur cherry cola licorice and fruitcake flavors that are sharpened by a jolt of spiciness on the back half. Polished tannins add gentle grip to the strikingly long floral-dominated finish which shows no rough edges. -- Josh Raynolds
dWine Advocate: 97 Points
Marcoux's 2019 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes is full-bodied dense and tannic. Hints of crushed stone and dried garrigue appear on the nose alongside blackberries and black cherries. It's basically pure foudre-aged Grenache from two lieux-dits?Charbonnières and les Esquierons?although the old vines undoubtedly include the odd interplanted variety. This terrific wine finishes long and silky with layers of unfolding fruit and spice including a dash of salted licorice. Tasted twice (once blind) with consistent notes.
Wine Spectator: 97 Points
This is marked by a gorgeously pure core of kirsch and raspberry reduction flavors which are laced with rooibos tea singed balsam wood dried anise garrigue and warm stone notes. Extremely long with a singular focal point to the finish as everything is pulled together by finely beaded acidity. A terrific wine. Best from 2025 through 2040. ?J.M.
Jeb Dunnuck: 97 Points
Also a true gem of a wine the 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Vieilles Vignes includes all three terroirs of Charbonnière Esqueirons and Galimardes and is all Grenache. It?s a ripe opulent incredibly sexy wine that?s just about overflowing with notes of raspberries blueberries Provençal herbs violets and flowers. It?s a big exuberant Grenache offering sweet tannins a broad mouth-filling texture no hard edges and a great finish. Give it a few years and enjoy over the following two decades.
Decanter: 96 Points
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